Waiting on the weather
The weather is not cooperating very well for a first flight. Yesterday morning was nice and clear, but the person I have doing the test flight, Terry Burch, was stuck in California. We’ll hopefully get another window of good weather soon.
Adele and I went down to the hangar this evening and re-installed the wing tips. I’m leaving most of the access panels and covers off so Terry can take a look at everything before flying. I also updated the software on the AF-3400 screens.
I read over my operating limitations for the first 40 hours again. My test area is indeed a 50nm radius around Renton airport. It also specifies a flight test corridor “in order to safely conduct the type of anticipated maneuvers and tests, as appropriate.” Here’s the test area and corridor displayed on Google Maps. I take that to mean I should do my initial test flights and any of the testing that is potentially dangerous within the corridor. For the rest of the time, I can use the 50nm radius. That’s great–much better than I thought from my first skimming of the limitations.